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Evil spirits -
Tribal ceremony to get ride of evil spirits -
Digitalis- treat heart conditions
Quinine- controls fever and prevents malaria
Belladonna and Atropine- relieve muscle spasms
Morphine- treating severe pain -
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Kept accurate health records
Priests were physicians
They used medicines to heal diseases -
The Chinese developed acupuncture therapies -
Discovered illnesses have natural causes
Hippocrates=father of medicine
Were not allowed to dissect bodies due to religion -
physicians kept a room for the ill- starting hospital
Started organized medical care
Developed a sanitation system with clean water and bathrooms -
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Romans were concurred by the Huns -
Practiced only convents and monasteries -
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Smallpox's, diphtheria, syphilis, and tuberculosis -
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Built universities and medical schools, acceptance of dissection, develop print press to make research books -
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Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body -
Discovered Fallopian tubes for female anatomy -
Discovered tube going from ear to the throat -
Described the circulation of blood and pumping of the heart -
Invented the microscope proving there is smaller life -
Early on pharmacies -
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Created bifocals and that cold could be passed from person to person -
Attended lectures, labs and observed patients at the bedside, did dissection, -
Discovered the element of oxogen
Observed that plants refresh oxogen -
Vaccination for smallpox -
Invented the stethoscope
Initially made of wood -
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Identified the cause of childbed fever
And influenced hand washing -
Founded modern day nursing -
Father of microbiology
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Some diseases cannot be seen in a microscope
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First doctor to use an antiseptic during a surgery
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Developed asepsis: a way to keep an area germ free before and during surgery
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Introduced the importance of sanitation and cleanliness
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Discovered the effect medicine has on microorganisms- it was successful but did not kill bacteria
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Discovered the x-ray
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Discovered chloroform to put the patients into a deep sleep to not cause pain in surgery
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Lund penicillin killed life threatening bacteria
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Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind
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Discovered sulfonamide combines that were the first medicine to be effective in killing bacteria
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Discovered a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis
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Used a live polio virus, which is more effective in immunization
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Discovered muscular structure of DNA
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Performed the first successful heart transplant
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Pioneer in separating Siamese twins and performing hemispherectomies, and surgery on brains to stop surgeries
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Discovery of a cluster of nerves behind the eye that controls your bodies daily rhythm
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Found that C relative protein can can predict the chances of heart disease
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Researchers pinpoint the source of preeclampsia - a life threatening complication in pregnancy
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Chemotherapy helps fight fast dividing cell and cells that’s on the verge of self destruction
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Neurobiologist decipher the scissor enzyme that has a role in cell to cell communication but when it malfunctions it can cause cancer, alztimers, and Asthma.